If you like these lessons, definitely check out www.zombieguitar.com/ It is a one-of-a-kind site dedicated to helping guitarists to understand the fretboard and create their own music. You will love it!!
Thank you i know understand what a tritone sub is, this was so much better explained than the 2 classes ive had with my lecturer explaining what a tritone sub is
Brian Kelly. You Sir, are IMO the best teacher for music in general and guitar in particular on you tube. In fact probably the best i've come across, and I'm no spring chicken. Just wanted to put that out there.
Great Lesson Thank you. I’ve said it before, but I’m going to say it again, that this is the channel to come to for tutorials on music theory what ever instrument you play.
Wow I was learning a chord progression that mentioned and used a tritone chord and I was so confused about it and the brief explanation. Remembering this page, I came here knowing if anyone would made it crystal clear it would be you and that you did ha!! Amazing and a big thank you for that! Excellent explanation! 💯👍
Great video. I loved how you pointed out the existence and location of the exact same, shared tritone interval in the V7 chord and it’s tritone sub (flat II7 chord). Really helpful, thanks. 🙏 👍
Wondered about that for quite some time. never understood but that explanation with the circle of 5ths was a total epiphany.. excellent video lesson..😉
Hey Brian, thanks for all these lessons. The way I think about tritone substitutions though is a lot simpler. G7 is the chord so the notes we have are G, F, B. Then count up three (tri) tones from the G. That gets you to Db. So the notes you then have are Db, F, B. So a Db7 chord. And that’s it Even more simply count up three tones from the root of the chord your substituting. The note you get to replaces the root
Thanks a lot Brian, Very well explained, I have a good understanding now. choices with which chords I use in progressions and the circle of fifths again, a constant source of information. I love your enthusiasm as far as theory is concerned, reminds me of myself, good to see the response from others too. Cheers..
So I can use the chord opposite my dominant 7 on the circle of fifths or the flattened second chord in the scale or find another chord that has the same 3rd and 7th notes as my dominant 7th?
Why do so many musos have to long wind this explanation… detailed theory of the why and how is ok but they don’t then simply say a half step higher ..it’s like they are being paid to waste oxygen 🤣. Well done Brian
Yup, the tritone interval is found in diminshed chords. The reason the G7 resolves to C to nicely is because the 3rd of G is the note 'B', which is 1/2 step below the note 'C'....and the 7th of G7 is the note 'F', which is 1/2 step away from the note 'E'...which is the 3rd of the C major chord. Taking this concept and applying it to all keys...the tritone interval found in the V7 chord resolves beautifully to the root and 3rd of the I chord. So although all diminished chords have a tritone interval, there's one 'best' one that associates with each of the possible "I chords". Make sense?
@@zombieguitar it sort of makes sense i will have to read a few times for it to sink in but Cheers Brian i love watching your vids they help me a lot with the theory grades i am taking. Many thanks maybe give me a big smile in your next vid .. PEACE AND LOVE
Tritones are fine. I can deal with it. As long as I don’t have to listen to my girlfriend whining. Compared to the cry tone the Tritone is wonderful. 🤗
Tritone are awesome because they sound bad. It's call dissonance and the uneasy feeling it create is just perfect for metal...\m/. Dissonance is beautifully ugly ;) But I have a real question. Does the tritone substitution work when you play in other modes other than major or minor. Let say in phrygien?. What about playing in locrien? Knowing there is no 5th in that mode and therefore can't substitute it for its tritone. Thanks
Agreed. They do sound cool. To answer your question, I'd say that the best way to find out is to just try and see if it works for whatever sound you are going for 🤘
If you like these lessons, definitely check out www.zombieguitar.com/
It is a one-of-a-kind site dedicated to helping guitarists to understand the fretboard and create their own music. You will love it!!
Easiest, no BS explanation of this that I've found. Most music teachers need overcomplicate this stuff. THANK YOU
Thank you i know understand what a tritone sub is, this was so much better explained than the 2 classes ive had with my lecturer explaining what a tritone sub is
So glad you covered this! Every other explanation has left me puzzled but you broke it down so a dummy like me could grasp it!
Brian Kelly. You Sir, are IMO the best teacher for music in general and guitar in particular on you tube. In fact probably the best i've come across, and I'm no spring chicken. Just wanted to put that out there.
Brilliant! That's the first time I have ever understood what a tritone substitution is and how to find it. Excellent tuition, Brian.
Nice one Brian, that circle of 5ths used to do my head in til i found your channel, now i can visualize and find 6 chords in any/most keys ..
Great Lesson Thank you. I’ve said it before, but I’m going to say it again, that this is the channel to come to for tutorials on music theory what ever instrument you play.
Brian, This was great thanks. Love the pacing in this lesson. You repeat key points just enough to get it to sink in. Thank you again.
Hey man, at said before here... That was a succinct and clear explanation. Really appreciate it.
Brilliantly explained have heard about tri tones for years but didn't have a clue what they were, or how to find or use them. Thanks yet again
Wow I was learning a chord progression that mentioned and used a tritone chord and I was so confused about it and the brief explanation. Remembering this page, I came here knowing if anyone would made it crystal clear it would be you and that you did ha!! Amazing and a big thank you for that! Excellent explanation! 💯👍
That's awesome! Thanks for thinking of this channel for the clarification you were looking for 😃
This is a very good video it makes it so much easier to understand thanks for sharing
Great video. I loved how you pointed out the existence and location of the exact same, shared tritone interval in the V7 chord and it’s tritone sub (flat II7 chord). Really helpful, thanks. 🙏 👍
Great lesson, somehow missed it first time around, I'm here from today's lesson.
Best and simple explanation.
Brilliant explanation
I got it in 1. Thank you.
Great explanation of a complex idea.
Thanks Brian, you always inspire and increase musicality for artists.
Wondered about that for quite some time. never understood but that explanation with the circle of 5ths was a total epiphany.. excellent video lesson..😉
Totally agree brilliant😊
Excellent addition to the library Professor ..... gonna take a little getting into, but I'll get there!!! Hope the family are well....
This was great info and explained so well. I understand the concept much better now, Thank you so much!
Hi! Brian love your cliff note writing for me very helpful, Thank You Much.......
Very nice explaining good teacher 👍 tq
Very clear thank you
Excellent Brian! Interesting and explained so well. 👍
Great stuff.. I learned something new today.
I've heard the term a few times but now finally understand what it means. Thanks!
Hey Brian, thanks for all these lessons. The way I think about tritone substitutions though is a lot simpler. G7 is the chord so the notes we have are G, F, B. Then count up three (tri) tones from the G. That gets you to Db. So the notes you then have are Db, F, B. So a Db7 chord. And that’s it
Even more simply count up three tones from the root of the chord your substituting. The note you get to replaces the root
Yup I mentioned that in the video too right around the 12:25 mark 😎
@@zombieguitar 👍
Thanks a lot Brian, Very well explained, I have a good understanding now. choices with which chords I use in progressions and the circle of fifths again, a constant source of information. I love your enthusiasm as far as theory is concerned, reminds me of myself, good to see the response from others too. Cheers..
I didn't expect to understand this as I'm thick. But I do understand! Thanks 🙂
Nice man,this is a nice,something different.i never new what the hell that meant when I heard tri tone
Awesome video and thanks for sharing your tips 👍
Fantastic thank you 🙏
Great lesson...great job of explaining it 👌👌👍👍
Finally an explanation I understood without my brain exploding 😂
0:54 Tritone Sub is one half step higher than the root chord. So tritone of Cmajor is C#7
8:01 Whats a tritone
12:00
FANtastic!
Best explanation. Got it! Thanks Brian 🤟🏽
i don't even play guitar but this video was helpful AF
Nice one Brian, keep em comin, thanks.John.
Great lesson. Thank you!
thanks so much for that.
Awesome video, man.
Mind blown.
Noticed too,a dominant is the same notes as the diminished 7th degree of a scale.thats why they both pull to the root I recogn
thanks man
Thnx B, great teaching !
Nice
Another good one! Welll done.
Very helpful
💗 you!
So I can use the chord opposite my dominant 7 on the circle of fifths or the flattened second chord in the scale or find another chord that has the same 3rd and 7th notes as my dominant 7th?
Yup that is exactly how you find the tritone sub 😁
Why do so many musos have to long wind this explanation… detailed theory of the why and how is ok but they don’t then simply say a half step higher ..it’s like they are being paid to waste oxygen 🤣. Well done Brian
Neapolitan chords 🙏
hi Brian, the 2 tritone notes are they not the same as a diminished which also settles back on a 1 chord
Yup, the tritone interval is found in diminshed chords. The reason the G7 resolves to C to nicely is because the 3rd of G is the note 'B', which is 1/2 step below the note 'C'....and the 7th of G7 is the note 'F', which is 1/2 step away from the note 'E'...which is the 3rd of the C major chord.
Taking this concept and applying it to all keys...the tritone interval found in the V7 chord resolves beautifully to the root and 3rd of the I chord.
So although all diminished chords have a tritone interval, there's one 'best' one that associates with each of the possible "I chords".
Make sense?
@@zombieguitar it sort of makes sense i will have to read a few times for it to sink in but Cheers Brian i love watching your vids they help me a lot with the theory grades i am taking. Many thanks maybe give me a big smile in your next vid .. PEACE AND LOVE
👍👍👍
Tritones are fine. I can deal with it. As long as I don’t have to listen to my girlfriend whining. Compared to the cry tone the Tritone is wonderful. 🤗
🤣🤣🤣
Tritone are awesome because they sound bad. It's call dissonance and the uneasy feeling it create is just perfect for metal...\m/. Dissonance is beautifully ugly ;)
But I have a real question.
Does the tritone substitution work when you play in other modes other than major or minor. Let say in phrygien?.
What about playing in locrien? Knowing there is no 5th in that mode and therefore can't substitute it for its tritone.
Thanks
Agreed. They do sound cool. To answer your question, I'd say that the best way to find out is to just try and see if it works for whatever sound you are going for 🤘